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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
Entertainment
Kelly Burke

Three producers suing Rebel Wilson seek to delay case to investigate who is behind website that published ‘grotesque lies’

Actor Rebel Wilson attends a movie premiere in 2022
Rebel Wilson is being sued for defamation by three producers of her film The Deb who claim she fabricated ‘false and malicious lies’. Photograph: Thomas Niedermüller/Getty Images for ZFF

The three producers suing Rebel Wilson for defamation have requested a 90-day stay in the Los Angeles superior court to establish the source of an anonymous website that they say accuses one of them of being an “Indian Ghislaine Maxwell”.

Defamation proceedings against Wilson, 44, were launched in July, after the Australian actor made claims to her 11 million Instagram followers that the producers of her film The Deb had engaged in theft, bullying and sexual misconduct.

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